Émile Destombes
Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes MEP (born August 15, 1935 in Roncq , Nord Département , France , † January 28, 2016 in Phnom Penh , Cambodia ) was Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh .
Life
Émile Destombes joined the Congregation of the Paris Mission and became on 21 December 1961 priests ordained. In 1965 he went to Cambodia and learned the Khmer language . He taught philosophy at the Minor Seminary in Phnom Penh and from 1967 to 1975 ran a student residence in the Cambodian capital. During the time of the Cambodian unrest, he was involved from 1970 to 1975 for the initiative for war victims founded by Yves Ramousse . When the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh , he was one of the last foreigners in the country and fled to the French embassy on April 17, 1975; on April 30, 1975, he was expelled from Cambodia. In Paris he taught at the religious colleges of the Paris Mission and worked for the Franco-Asian Mission Exchange Department. When Cambodia was sealed off by the Khmer Rouge, he became active in Brazil in 1979 and took over a pastorate in Palmeirópolis in the state of Goiás . In 1989 he moved to Bangkok (Thailand) and worked in Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand. From 1990 he was able to work officially in Phnom Penh again, the first time since the time of the Pol Pot regime ; In 1993 freedom of religion was incorporated into the constitution.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on April 14, 1997 titular bishop of Altava and apostolic coadjutor vicar of Phnom-Penh . He received his episcopal ordination from the Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Yves Ramousse MEP, on October 5th of the same year; Co- consecrators were Luigi Bressan , Apostolic Nuncio in Singapore , Thailand and Cambodia , and Joseph Banchong Aribarg , Bishop of Nakhon Sawan . After the resignation of Yves Ramousse MEP, he succeeded him on April 14, 2001 in the office of Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh. On October 1, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age.
He was buried in St. Joseph in Phsar Toch, a district of Phnom Penh, by his successor Olivier Schmitthaeusler .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Décès de Mgr Emile Destombes, ancien évêque de Phnom Penh" on eglasie.mepasie.org , January 28, 2016 (fr.)
- ↑ a b c "Décès de Mgr Émile Destombes, ancien vicaire apostolique de Phnom Penh" on la-croix.com , January 28, 2016 (fr.)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Yves Ramousse MEP |
Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh 2001–2010 |
Olivier Schmitthaeusler MEP |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Destombes, Émile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Destombes, Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French religious, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roncq , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2016 |
| Place of death | Phnom Penh , Cambodia |